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MQ’s motion comparison specifies how longitudinal length is measured
The motion source specifies rest-frame length and observer-simultaneous endpoints.
· Recorded source version · Retrospective release
CHICAGO — The revised motion manuscript attaches an operational prescription to its longitudinal length factor. The local length is measured in the object’s rest frame. The observed length uses endpoint positions simultaneous in the measuring observer’s inertial frame.
Figure 1 summarizes the source result and its evidentiary scope.
The result and its scope
Local length
Measured in the object’s rest frame
Observed length
Endpoints simultaneous for the measuring observer
Evidence boundary
Scalar factor does not supply all Lorentz relations
That simultaneity condition is necessary to identify the quantity compared with relativistic length contraction. A ratio of count expressions can reproduce the familiar square-root dependence while leaving the physical endpoint selection unspecified. The revision keeps the measurement condition alongside the algebra.
The count calculation uses motion and light displacement over a common interval. Fundamental length factors then convert the count relation into dimensioned lengths. The scalar agreement does not by itself establish the full Lorentz transformation, including all space–time coordinate relationships.
This is a theoretical reconstruction with a declared measurement protocol. It does not supply a new moving-ruler experiment or make existing tests of special relativity independent confirmations of MQ. The October source version documents what must be held fixed for the comparison to be meaningful and which additional transformation structure remains beyond the scalar derivation.
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